(Florida) Hernando radio host Haa gets Secret Service visit after perceived threat on Obama

[seafan]

Source: St. Petersburg Times

BROOKSVILLE — From his small studio at the small radio station in this small town, chain-smoking, caffeine-swallowing longtime talk radio host Bob Haa uses his morning show to pit conservatives against what he calls "the leftists," "the Marxists" and "the fruitcakes." ..... Listeners say Hernando County talk show host Bob Haa may have advocated shooting the president during a recent conversation with a caller. “So what?” he says. “This is America!”

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Craig Bolton is a frequent listener, though, and he heard.

"I'll paraphrase," he said.

"A caller calls in, and man this guy is torqued. He says, 'Man, I'm ticked and frustrated at Obama, I'm loading up on ammunition, I'm going to be practicing.' And Haa says, 'Don't be wasting it on targets. Save it for the administration.' "

Bolton called the main number for the county administrator. He got a woman named JoJo DiViccaro on the line. DiViccaro got at least half a dozen similar calls, she said last week, maybe as many as 10. There were men, and there were women, and they pretty much said the same thing, she said: "threats against the president."

Agent John Joyce from the Secret Service's Tampa office met with Haa at the station Tuesday.

The investigation is not over.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1026150.ece

[wundermaus]

1. slap his ass in jail...

it may start a trend...

[City Lights]

2. Good. Each and every one of these idiot's threats must be taken seriously.

Voicing your opinion in opposition to Obama is one thing, advocating violence toward him is quite another.

[MineralMan]

3. Time to change underwear, there, Haa...

"Mr. Haa? We're with the Secret Service, and we have a few questions for you..."

[Downwinder]

4. He is using a public resource.

Living off socialism and bitching about it.

[GillesDeleuze]

5. smoke in a radio station?

do you hate your own gear or what?

[Seedersandleechers]

6. You just keep on

smoking those cigarettes. Maybe you should up it to 4 packs a day. Just saying.

[caseymoz]

7. Telling people to shoot the President? When did that get to be a crime?

This is America; where every citizen has a First Amendment right to free speech, the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and use it to veto at least one elected official.

Well, that latter one still has to be confirmed by the Courts, but it will obviously be a slam dunk. It just follows.

:sarcasm:

[Myrina]

8. ... so why aren't the Secret Service camped out at Faux?

:shrug:

[nradisic]

9. Gitmo for him....

He can become Al-Qaeda's prison bitch....you do not make even veiled threats against the President....